Registration for annual soap-box derby ending soon

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Blue Ridge Soap Box Derby Classic registrations will be ending soon for the annual derby to be run this year on Saturday, June 11 in Downtown Waynesboro. Registrations will be taken on the mandatory clinic night this Wednesday, April 13 at Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro at 6 p.m. Registration fees are $60 for…

Wilson Ready Mix announces staff addition

Wilson Ready Mix LLC is pleased to announce that Todd Fretwell has joined the company effective immediately. Fretwell, a graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in civil engineering, brings more than 20 years of construction experience to the Wilson Ready Mix team located in Fishersville. Fretwell’s engineering background and experience will be utilized in…

Augusta Free Press LLC Business Notebook

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AFP Web: AFP debuts new website for Commonwealth Engineering Inc. Augusta Free Press LLC has launched a new website for Waynesboro-based Commonwealth Engineering Inc. Commonwealth Engineering is a full-service engineering firm with a licensed professional engineer, Class A contractor and experienced project manager on staff. The Commonwealth Engineering website – at www.CommonwealthEngineering.net – showcases the…

New Dominion takes three VPA awards

Chris Graham

The New Dominion Magazine won three awards in the 2010 Virginia Press Association News, Editorial and Photo Contest. The awards were presented on April 9 at the VPA’s annual conference in Norfolk. The magazine, published by Augusta Free Press LLC in Waynesboro, has won awards in the Specialty Publications category all three years in which…

Rule takes fourth in 500 free at Y Nationals: Y swimmer breaks state record

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Waynesboro YMCA SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule finished an impressive fourth in the 500-yard freestyle final at the YMCA Nationals Short Course Championships on Tuesday. Rule, 14, broke the 14-and-under Virginia state record in the 500 free with her time of 4:48.23, shaving .86 second off the previous state record time. Rule was the youngest competitor…

Third annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival April 23

Chris Graham

Waynesboro will once again welcome spring to the Valley with the annual Mad Hatter’s Easter Festival on Saturday, April 23. The Mad Hatter and the Moms Club’s White Rabbit will open the gates to the Easter Festival in Waynesboro’s Constitution Park at 10:30 a.m. For the next three hours, the park will be the place…

Chris Graham: Switch in district lines could aid Dems

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The conventional wisdom to the proposed legislative redistricting that would move Waynesboro into the 20th House District along with Staunton is that Republican Del. Dickie Bell gets Waynesboro in his district. I’m usually not big on conventional wisdom, and I’m certainly not in this case. I’ve written columns over the past couple of years about…

AFP Pubishing: New Dominion Tourist launches print edition

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The inaugural print issue of The New Dominion Tourist hit the streets on March 31, 2011. Stories in the Spring/Summer issue included: Home base: Be a tourist in your own hometown Grapes of Ridge: Barren Ridge Vineyards carving out reputation for fine wine Pizza and good tunes: Shenandoah Pizza has become a Staunton music hotspot…